Blindfire Vine
Carnivorous vines with a maw. A plant.
Imagine a tangle of vines with bright red pepper-like fruits. If a creature moves too close, it unfolds and tries to grab it, revealing a circular maw of thorns.
| HD: 2 | Armor: none |
| Hit it: easy | Dodge it: normal |
| Move: no |
It is immune to being stunned. It can detect movement in its vicinity. However, it can’t see or hear.
Attacks (1/round)
Strangle. The blindfire vine makes a grapple attempt with reach. A grappled target can’t breathe and takes 1D4 damage every time it fails a roll to escape.
Blindfire Carpet
| HD: 4 | Armor: as leather |
| Hit it: easy | Dodge it: normal |
| Move: slow |
It is immune to being stunned. It can detect movement in its vicinity. However, it can’t see or hear.
Attacks (1/round)
Smother. The blindfire carpet rises like a wave and collapses on a target. If it doesn’t dodge, the target is grappled, blinded and can’t breathe. Each attack against the blindfire carpet deals 50% damage to one of the creatures grappled by it.
Consume. The blindfire inflicts 1D4 damage to all creatures grappled by it.
Random Encounter
- Monster: 1 blindfire vine.
- Lair: A blindfire cartet. 1/2 chance there’s local fauna in it.
OR
Omen: The sound of an animal being strangled. - Spoor: Well cleaned bones dropped on the ground beneath a tree.
- Tracks: Pepper smell.
- Trace: Blindfire peppers on sale at the market.
- Trace: Acid-washed bones.
Salvaging the body
Blindfire peppers are a delicacy, and they are better the more animals the plant has consumed. The plant’s fibers are used by locals to weave baskets.
D6 Symbolism
In local cultures, it is a symbol of …
- Fire
- Nature’s Wrath
- Ghosts
- Volcano
- Flavors
- Sacred
Credits
Vyderacs are a creation of Jacob Hurst, Evan Peterson, and Donnie Garcia found in Hot Springs Island. The creatures are not statted in the book, so I made my own version. — SaltyGoo